Another ‘Saynor’ horticultural cutlery maker, this firm was apparently founded in 1865.  The first owner was William Saynor (1851-1903), who was the son of Joseph Saynor, a table knife hafter in Cambridge Street (who also managed a shop).  William was working as a table knife hafter in 1881, when he lived in Rockingham Street with his wife Annie and first son, Willy (Willie), aged four (born in 1877).   By 1893, William was listed as a spring and table knife manufacturer in Charles Street.  He lived in Albert Road, Heeley.  By 1898, the firm was styled William Saynor & Co.  William Saynor, Southgrove Road, died on 5 November 1903 (aged 52) and was buried in the General Cemetery.  He left £1,775.  The firm became W. Saynor at Carlton Works, 29 Eyre Street, with William’s sons, Willie and George William (1881-1949), as partners.   Table cutlery had been supplanted by pruning and budding knives, agricultural implements, pocket cutlery, and razors.   

In 1908, the firm became a private limited company with £4,000 capital.  It relocated to Sidney Street.  Willie and W. George Saynor managed the firm after 1918, though Willie seems to have eventually operated it alone.  He lived in Bushey Wood Road, Totley Rise, and died on 27 October 1945.  He left £7,347.  In 1952, W. Saynor Ltd was liquidated, then resurrected as W. Saynor (Sheffield) Ltd at Carlton Works, Furnace Hill (capital £6,000).   The partners were H. Seglvia and M. & H. (Jun.) Melling.  In 1957, the assets and marks – ‘DEPEND’, ‘PIONEER’, ‘SAYNOR’, and ‘DREADNOUGHT’ – were acquired by Needham, Veall & Tyzack, with Margaret Oversby as director.